[Xymon] timediff

[Malcolm Hunter]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Henrik Størner
> Sent: 08/02/11 09:22 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] timediff

> > Both the Xymon server and client machine (Windows) are syncing off the
> > same router/source. The times look identical so where does the 138
> > seconds skew come from?
> 
> First, see the explanation of the CLOCK setting in the analysis.cfg 
> man-page.
> 
> The client inserts a timestamp in the client message, usually just 
> before it transmits the message to the Xymon server (not sure if that is 
> the case with BBWin, though - it might add the timestamp when it begins 
> collecting data, which could explain it if the eventlog scanning takes a 
> long time). This timestamp is then compared with the time that Xymon 
> receives the message. In your case, they are 138 seconds different.

BBWin builds the data file as it performs the tests, so it will always depend on how long it takes to do all of the tests. I'll raise a bug report to put the [clock] section at the end of the file.

Regards,

Malcolm